GuppY 4.5/4.5.3/4.5.3a printfaq.php pg cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in GuppY 4.5/4.5.3/4.5.3a and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file printfaq.php. The manipulation of the argument pg with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in GuppY 4.5.3a and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the pg parameter to printfaq.php, or the (2) Referer or (3) User-Agent HTTP headers, which are not properly handled by error.php.

The bug was discovered 09/06/2005. The weakness was presented 09/08/2005 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-2853 since 09/08/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:printfaq.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19943 (Guppy Multiple HTTP Header XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22134) and Tenable (19943).

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007

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Nessus ID: 19943
Nessus Name: Guppy Multiple HTTP Header XSS
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OpenVAS ID: 19942
OpenVAS Name: GuppY pg Parameter Vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-2853 (🔍)
X-Force: 22134
Vulnerability Center: 9359 - Guppy XSS via pg Parameter to printfaq.php, or the Referer or User-Agent HTTP Headers, Medium
SecurityFocus: 14753 - GuppY Error.PHP HTML Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 16707 - GuppY Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 19243 - GuppY error.php script allows script injection

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Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/10/2019 09:35
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (65), 06/10/2019 09:35 (12)
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